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2016 Postmortem

Joe Shlabotnik

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3. I often question how landlines vs. cell phones factor into the equation.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 05:15 PM

May 2012

Are increasingly larger demographic segments not being polled? Moreover, the old style mainstream media (print and television) report the results back to the landline-centric crowd.

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Five rules on how to be smart about polls [View all] struggle4progress May 2012 OP

Most polls are designed to shape opinion, not measure it. Scuba May 2012 #1

I think many are simply intended to convince certain people to hire the polling agency struggle4progress May 2012 #2

I often question how landlines vs. cell phones factor into the equation. Joe Shlabotnik May 2012 #3